Right Ascension
Hours Minutes Seconds alpha delta
14 29 42.949 217.4289542 -62.67948333
Declination
Degrees Minutes Seconds Parallax (as) 0.77233
-62 40 46.14 Distance/ly 4.223013479
Distance/pc 1.294783318
15 1 hr (decimal degrees) Divide parallax in arcseconds into 3.26 to get ly
0.25 1 min (decimal degrees) Or invert parallax in arcseconds to get parsecs directly
0.004167 1 sec (decimal degrees)
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Sample values:
parallax
Proxima 14 29 42.949 -62 40 46.14 0.77233
Vega 18 36 56.19 38 46 58.8 0.12893
Capella 5 16 41.359 45 59 52.77 0.07729
Procyon 7 39 18.118 5 13 29.98 0.28593
Antares 16 29 24.461 -26 25 55.21 0.0054
Altair 19 50 46.999 8 52 5.96 0.19444
Mirach 1 9 43.924 35 37 14.01 0.01636
Sirius 6 45 8.917 -16 42 58.02 0.37921
Miaplacidus 9 13 11.975 -69 43 1.95 0.02934
Diphda 0 43 35.371 -17 59 11.78 0.03404
Al Dhanab 21 53 55.724 -37 21 53.47 0.01607
SPREADSHEET WRITTEN BY CONSTANTINE THOMAS, with help from Grant Hutchison, Selden, and Spaceman Spiff
gal lon (rads) gal lat (rads)
-0.803901078 -0.033634988
ORTHOGONAL CO-ORDINATES
X 2.93 lightyears coreward from Sol = +x
Y -3.04 lightyears spinward from Sol = +z
Z -0.14 lightyears directly above Sol = +y
SWAP Y AND Z FOR POVRAY
GALACTIC LONGITUDE -46.060 degrees
GALACTIC LATITUDE -1.927 degrees
Useful data (DO NOT EDIT):
32.931918 Ascending node of galactic equator (J2000.0)
192.859481 North Galactic Pole (NGP) longitude (J2000.0)
27.128251 North Galactic Pole (NGP) latitude (J2000.0)
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ORTHOGONAL CO-ORDINATES
X 29.64 lightyears coreward from Sol = +x
Y -103.51 lightyears spinward from Sol = +y
Z -27.66 lightyears directly above Sol = +z SWAP Y AND Z FOR POVRAY
Parallax 0.02934 Divide parallax in arcseconds into 3.26156 to get ly
Distance/ly 111.1642808 Or invert parallax in arcseconds to get parsecs directly
gal lon (l) gal lat (b)
degrees -74.022 -14.407
radians -1.292 -0.251
alpha delta cos b cos NGP
degrees 138.300 -69.717 0.968551362 0.889988
radians 2.414 -1.217
seconds 497879.625 -250981.95
Right Ascension Declination
Hours Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds
9 13 11.975 -69 43 1.95
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Sample values:
X Y Z parallax Alpha Delta
Proxima 2.93 -3.04 -0.14 0.77233 217.4289542 -62.6795
Vega 9.16 22.06 8.34 0.12893 279.234125 38.783
Capella -40.14 12.59 3.36 0.07729 79.17232917 45.99799
Procyon -9.25 -6.17 2.57 0.28593 114.8254917 5.224994
Antares 577.21 -81.66 156.90 0.0054 247.3519208 -26.432
Altair 11.14 12.26 -2.60 0.19444 297.6958292 8.868322
Mirach -107.07 141.53 -90.83 0.01636 17.43301667 35.62056
Sirius -5.77 -6.24 -1.33 0.37921 101.2871542 -16.7161
Miaplacidus 29.64 -103.51 -27.66 0.02934 138.2998958 -69.7172
Diphda -5.64 14.45 -94.55 0.03404 10.89737917 -17.9866
Al Dhanab 125.70 13.45 -158.78 0.01607 328.4821833 -37.3649
SWAP Y AND Z FOR POVRAY
rsecs directly
sin l-ASC cos l-ASC sin b sin NGP
-0.956541616 -0.291595845 -0.248813703 0.455983792
15 1 hr (decimal degrees)
0.25 1 min (decimal degrees)
0.004166667 1 sec (decimal degrees)
Useful data (DO NOT EDIT):
degs rads
32.931918 0.574770398 Ascending node of galactic equator (J2000.0)
192.859481 3.366032937 North Galactic Pole (NGP) longitude (J2000.0)
27.128251 0.4734773 North Galactic Pole (NGP) latitude (J2000.0)
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source SPREADSHEET WRITTEN BY CONSTANTINE THOMAS
Hipparcos with help from Grant Hutchison, PraedSt, and Veeger from
Hipparcos the BAUTFORUM boards.
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